Battle Story: Omdurman 1898 (eBook)

William Wright (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
160 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7524-7887-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The battle took place at Kerreri, 11km north of Omdurman in the Sudan. Kitchener commanded a force of 8,000 British regulars and a mixed force of 17,000 Sudanese and Egyptian soldiers. He arrayed his force in an arc around the village of Egeiga close to the bank of the Nile, where a gunboat flotilla waited in support, facing a wide, flat plain with hills rising to the left and right. The British and Egyptian cavalry were placed on either flank. Al-Taashi's followers, known as Ansar and sometimes referred to as Dervishes, numbered around 50,000, including some 3,000 cavalry. In a few hours and at a loss of less than 400 officers and men killed and wounded, the Anglo-Egyptian army defeated the 50,000 brave tribesmen who charged their enemy, regardless of the hail of Maxim bullets, many of them armed only with spears, swords and ancient chainmail armour. In concise detail, with orders of battle, maps and over fifty images, the author shows how Omdurman was a superb example of tactics in warfare. First-hand accounts from both sides help the reader to understand all the horrors and glory of that day including the famous charge of the 21st Lancers, often called the last great cavalry charge of the British Army. This was arguably the height of British Empire military dominance.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.11.2011
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: al-taashi • anglo-egyptian army • Ansar • Battle of Omdurman • battle of omdurman, kerreri, sudan, lord kitchener, sudanese soldiers, egyptian soldiers, egeiga, river nile, gunboat flotilla, british cavalry, egyptian cavalry, al-taashi, ansar, dervishes, anglo-egyptian army, tribesmen, maxim bullets, spears, swords, chainmail armour, charge of the 21st lancers, british empire • british cavalry • British Empire • chainmail armour • charge of the 21st lancers • dervishes • egeiga • egyptian cavalry • egyptian soldiers • gunboat flotilla • kerreri • Lord Kitchener • maxim bullets • river Nile • spears • Sudan • sudanese soldiers • swords • tribesmen
• ISBN-10: 0-7524-7887-7 / 0752478877
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-7887-6 / 9780752478876